Portugeezer
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Good catch!!
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Bottom left shows analogue stick looking things, bottom right looks flatter.
Dafuq??
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Bottom left shows analogue stick looking things, bottom right looks flatter.
Dafuq??
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GameplayWhore
Member
We have two excellent temporary alternatives if GAF goes down: Vandal.net and Cabbie's thing.
If the mods don't complain, I think we should post a "just in case" link to Cabbie's from the N-Conf thread start post, so when things explode, we can take the ongoing conversation there then come back when things are better.
Wii has 64MB of external GDDR3 main memory, 24MB internal 1T-Sram integrated into the system LSI and 3MB of 1T-Sram embedded with the GPU.
Something from Lucas Arts it seems.
frankie_baby
Member
I think there was a lucasarts one near enough confirmed
Agree, and I can't think of any rules it'd break..
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I thought that THQ also had a rumored Wii-U MMORPG? Or was that Ubisoft?
Edit: it was Ubisoft.
ThatObviousUser
ὠαἴÏÏιÏÏÎ¿Ï Ïαá¿Ï εἶ
That EA/BioWare ditty?
UncleSporky
Member
GAF going down in anticipation of NPD? When does that get here, again?
GameplayWhore
Member
Except the Mod Discretion rule, because it can be taken as a threat to steal traffic from the website. That's why it has to be strongly clarified that it's meant as a temporary stop gap.
Also an invasion of Spain, if need be.
I haven't commented on it yet, but I that MagiTact video is pretty damned cool, I must say.
Ye gods, Sony's total operating income for their Networked Products & Services and Consumer Products & Services division since the PS3 launch look to be almost at the negative eight billion dollar mark (my numbers don't account for inflation over time, so there's some reality drift here, mind you).
I recall that the latest word was that they found a pretty decent way of getting high performance at an acceptable cost for the PlayStation 4. Now that they've unleashed a slew of into, does anybody have a clearer idea of what's going on with those plans?
Discomurf
Member
ladies and gentlemen, we have sticks...
edit: also has the back changed?
Some more detail about the updated back triggers from the patent document page 11:
54L are provided on diagonally-upwardly-facing surfaces of the leg portions 59A and 59B and have diagonally-upwardly-facing button surfaces.
With the provision of leg portions on the back surface of the housing, it is easier for the user to hold the housing, and with the provision of buttons on the leg portions, it is easier to operate the housing while holding the housing (50).
Sounds to me like it was updated.
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GameplayWhore
Member
...ohhhh! I thought those were just weirdly shaped (and possibly analog) triggers.
edit: Now that i'm looking at it from a more correct perspective, they look more like digital buttons to me.
Disorientator
Member
Analog Stick Vs SlidePad?
Ahhh.. completely forgot!
(Good thing is, we wouldn't be stealing traffic if the site here is inaccessible, hehe..)
Either way, clarification might be wise.. EC, are you around?
And if we invade Spain, I vote that we make Barcelona our HQ city.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Let me get back to you on that one.
Many thanks!
GameplayWhore
Member
Feel free to bring up that GAF not going down at all would also be an acceptable alternative.
I would really love for it to be Rogue Squadron HD
aeroslash
Member
yes please, and I'm your ambassador and i will teach catalan to all of you.
I wonder if those reports of the controller shrinking by an inch or 2 are accurate at all...
^
Yup, that.
Err... XDR2 exists only on paper at the moment and I don't think you'll see it materialize because it hasn't since 2005. Aside from the EDRAM guess, I would suggest looking more in the direction of DDR3 for the rest.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
In regards of where to go if GAF goes down, why not do what a lot of other threads do during big events and just have an IRC chat (or any chat) running during it.
GameplayWhore
Member
A Rogue Squadron MMO?
:O
:O :O :O :O :O :O
edit: That's the greatest idea I've heard all week :O
I just had a hunch that folks will love it as our city..
When the clicky news came out at the start of this thread, I took note that Nintendo likes to puts its own Nintendoey flavor on its controllers, and I'm wondering how such a design change would affect things.
I didn't try the Wii remote before buying it, but something tells me I'll want to try this controller when demo stations start becoming available.
DragonSworne
Banned
The triggers are directly behind the sticks. How will that work??
Disorientator
Member
But doesn't that design look more "primitive" than these two?
More like a prototype or something.
It looks like a large slide pad to me. But I wanna say that we've seen those images before in one of the earlier speculation threads... with the exact same speculation as now.
Those new sticks look like a combination beween anolog pads and analog sticks.
That looks like a very early version where they didn't care much about ergonomics and everything. The same thing happened with the Wii Remote in patents, they also showed a very early prototype in patents.
And then again, we already knew that earlier Wii U pad versions features analog sticks indeed.
Edit: Disorientator is right.
walking fiend
Member
they look like Mario pipes, 4th dimension confirmed
Those new sticks look like a combination beween anolog pads and analog sticks.
ReyVGM
Member
IdeaMan is suffering from the Cassandra's Syndrome.
Agent Unknown
Member
I bought my 3DS last June (day before OoT's release) and it only took about a month for the initial grease lines to start showing up. Fortunately I found the thread here and tore off a couple of feet from my old red ringed 360 and that fixed the problem for several months.
Apparently though the nubs I put on must have worn down or depressed because they started showing up AGAIN, so I tore off the remaining two 360 feet I had but they didn't work at all this time, maybe they were too thin, dunno. So since this fall/winter I've been forced to sandwich the plastic/styrofoam pack in layer in between the screens (I've read too many issues with the Hori protectors having their own lines and color distortion).
My 3DS looks like it's wearing a diaper when it sits in its cradle but at least I caught it in time and never got any permanent scratches. I may try to find some thicker nubs/stoppers but can you even buy something similar to 360 feet in a store?
Shadow Hog
Member
Looking at this makes me seriously wonder, honestly. With the design shown off at E3 2011, the more I think about it, the more I wonder how the hell my right thumb would be able to reach the buttons when it's directly beneath the stick.
Controllers like the Dual Shock, the 360 pad, the GC pad or the Classic Controller all offset the second stick/buttons a bit, so that the natural arc your thumb would twist around in when holding the controller in question would cover both in as comfortable a fashion as possible. The only way I can see myself easily moving from one set to the other on the Wii U controller, as it was shown, is physically sliding my hand up and down (which is how I have to switch between analog/digital on my 3DS, as it is), which isn't generally a comfortable thing to do rapidly in the middle of a game.
Yet, apparently an older design of the controller (the one on the left?) has the offset that the E3 2011 controller is missing. Why did they opt away from that...?
Always-honest
Banned
Yup, left are analogue sticks.
Disorientator
Member
Sounds like a valid concern bro.
Haven't noticed/Didn't think about it
Edit: Looking again at those designs, maybe they felt the controller could/should get a bit smaller, but they couldn't move the buttons closer to the screen. If you notice in both designs the distance between the screen edge and the buttons is the same.
Fourth Storm
Member
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda hope they keep the slide pads. They look cool and all hands on reports have expressed satisfaction w/ their control.
Also, a point was made previously about how it is easier to grip the flat DRC with slide pads. The more the pads/stick protrude, theoretically the less leverage you've got on the thing.
I keep thinking that the "click" will come from inside the actual rubber pad. If so, holding down the pad to run would be much more tolerable than tilting a stick and pressing it in at the same time. It's that tilt which makes "clicky sticks" so awkward.
Also, a point was made previously about how it is easier to grip the flat DRC with slide pads. The more the pads/stick protrude, theoretically the less leverage you've got on the thing.
I keep thinking that the "click" will come from inside the actual rubber pad. If so, holding down the pad to run would be much more tolerable than tilting a stick and pressing it in at the same time. It's that tilt which makes "clicky sticks" so awkward.
So if the U Pad has a magnetometer, is it save to assume that the Stylus will be magnetic, so that you can use the U Pad's touch-screen functions without actaully thouching that thing.
If it's true, how likely is it that Nintendo will announce another WII MUSIC then?
I hope not.
If it's true, how likely is it that Nintendo will announce another WII MUSIC then?
I hope not.
DragonSworne
Banned
Dreamwriter
Member
iPhone/Pad has a magnetometer, its point is to improve AR and GPS navigation - the system knows which direction (north, south, east, west) it is pointing. That's not nearly as useful in a controller tethered to its console as a device you take out of your house.
I would kill for a Wii Music with a decent music playlist, the last game was great, its music selection, not-so-much. This video shows what Wii Music is really about, it's not just a super easy rhythm game, it's about playing music the way you want, basically remixing the music in any style you want.
R
Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
I have suggested the chat room for the NeoGAF Steam group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/neogaf
I suppose Mumble or Skype etc. could be of interest to some as well, though that would only work in smaller groups.
I haven't had the chance to pour over that patent link but all of those pictures everyone is posting look really familiar and really old. Have I missed something?
Metroid Hunter
Banned
I'm going to wait around until E3, until I pass judgement on Ideaman. Either he is vindicated or proven to be a very successful troll.
Can't say anything, but innocent until proven guilty.
Can't say anything, but innocent until proven guilty.
Fourth Storm
Member
Not really, there's a new patent regarding the golf demo which was filed last year and published today. It's odd that they use that prototype of the DRC in the patent as an exemplary "embodiment," but the patent itself does not concern the controller.
Metroid Hunter
Banned
Disorientator
Member
I'm wondering if Nintendo could/will use the Upad's Camera, maybe in combination with the infraded LEDs, to simulate something like Roland's D-Beam or other similar Theremin-like instruments. (random video)
You could control different sound parameters (volume, pitch etc) that could be even assignable.
You could control different sound parameters (volume, pitch etc) that could be even assignable.
Let's just stop talking about it; it just adds fuel to the fire. Most people relevant to this thread said their opinion about him already, some positive, some negative - no need to discuss this any further in my opinion.
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